Transmitter and code translator



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TRANSMITTER AND CODE TRANSLATOR Merton L. Haselton, Rye, N. Y., and Raymond M.

Hicks, Plainfield, N. J., assignors to The Teleregister Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application May 7, 1931, Serial No. 535,672

13 Claims. (Cl. 177-380) This invention relates to a transmitter and Fig. is a `wiring diagram of the iirst letter code translator for transmitting impulses from relays in the translator and certain of the stock a central transmitting station to a plurality of relays;

receivers located at subscribers stations to con- Fig. 5a is a table of the stock letters and the 5 trol the setting up of information relating to corresponding number designation; 5 stocks or other items. Figs. 6 and 7 show certain of the second letter Among the objects of this `invention is the relays in the translator and certain of the lines provision of mechanism for transmitting under grounded in the third letter key relay groups; key or other known forms of control, impulses Fig. 8 shows certain of the multiple terminal characterizing stock quotations or other items, to blocks, master terminal blocks, and the preferred 10 distant receiving stations including equipment relays;

adapted under control of said impulses to set up Fig. 9 shows one set of stock number storage information according to the keys depressed or relays; other control set-up, the provision of translating Fig. 10 shows one set of price digit and range mechanism for translating one, two or three stock storage relays; 15 letter abbreviations into numbers, for storing Fig. 11 shows a second set of stock number stock numbers, price and rangeA information, for storage relays; storing information as to a stock quotation as Fig. 12 shows a second set of price digit and previously stored information in reference to anrange storage relays;

other stock quotation is transmitted, to provide Fig. 13 yshows one set of transmitter units for 20 for the alternate use and operation of said storage the range, hundreds stock number, tens stock mechanisms, to provide a dual system of transnumber, and units stock number; mission, to provide for control of each system by Fig. 14 shows diagrammatically the hundreds,

a plurality of operators, to provide for flexibility tens, units and fractions price restoration and in assignment of stocks to said systems, to provide actuation transmission units, and hundreds, tens, 5 channeling mechanism for controlling the al'terunits and fractions price number transmitting nate transmission from the keyboards of each units of asecond set; system, to provide improved preferred stock num- Fig. 15 shows a wiring diagram of the synber selecting mechanisms, to provide improved chronizing .and wipe out relay group and the transmitting mechanism and controlling mechswitching control relay group; 30

anism, and generally to provide improved, re- Fig. 16 shows a wiring diagram of the channelliable and high speed mechanism for carrying ing mechanism; and out the functions of the mechanism herein dis- Fig. 17 shows a multiple line repeater. closed and coming Within the scope of this invention. V GENERAL o ther Objects Wm become apparent from a ,'Iheinvention is described in connection with study of the description lin connection with the o speoio form of equipment disdosed in the accompanymg drawings m which: drawings which constitutes one suitable form of Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic showing of the mechembodiment ofthe invention y 40 mlisms 0f adualtmnsmtting System? The function of the Teleregister transmitting 40 Fg- 2 is a Schematic Showing 0f the keyboard equipment disclosed is to transform a stock quofor controlling the embodiment of the invention tation as Written on a keyboard im@` electrica] herein disclosed; impulses which, in the particular embodiment Figs. 3 t0 l5 COHSUS a 00111D1817@ Wiring dadisclosed, are transmitted over four trunk lines, gram 0f the LB System llfcbtdA in Fig. 1; Fig. l, to repeater stations. The quotation con- 45 Of these figures, Fig. 3 is a diagram of the rst sists of a letter abbreviation of a stock, a price, letter key relay groups and the ground control and a range in which the price is to be quoted. relay group; The stock abbreviation and the price may be Fig. 4 is a wiring diagram of the second and taken from a ticker tape, and the range as posted third letter key relay groups; during market hours is governed by the previous 50 prices during the current day of the particular stock involved.

The electrical impulses are retransmitted from the repeater stations to subscribers installations where they operate selector cabinets, the selector cabinets in turn select a stock and actuate the indicators in the Teleregister boards. Subscribers installations or receiving systems of the general type shown in the application for Letters Patent ofthe United States of Merton L. Haselton and Page S. Haselton for Electrical indicating systems, Serial No. 256,160, led Feb. 23, 1928, may be controlled by a transmitting equipment of the type herein described.

The transmitting and receiving systems may be arranged in uni-ts designed to quote a maximum of a thousand stocks each. For the purpose of introducing greater speed in the operation of the system two sets of equipment are provided making the total capacity of the system two thousand stocks. These sets of equipment are designated for purposes of identification as right front RF and left back LB, Fig, 1, respectively. The stocks to be quoted are divided into two groups and the iirst letter of the stock abbreviation determines the group in which the stock is posted. The stocks which have for their rst letter of abbreviation the letters from A to J may be transmitted on the RF system, and the remainder of the stocks, namely, those whose abbreviations begin with K to Z, may be posted on the LB system. This point of division between the systems is arbitrary and is determined by the number of stocks and the activity of the stocks falling in different parts of the alphabet.

Principles of transmitter operation The .transmission of a stock quotation is divided into three operations-stock selection, restoration of the stock selected, and actuation of the stock selected. The stock letter abbreviation as recorded on the keyset in Fig. 2 isl stored in letter relay groups, Figs. 3 `and 4, and ds then translated into a three digit stock code number by the mechanism shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7. After translation the code number is stored in one of .the stock number relay groups, Figs. 9 and 11, and is ready for transmis-sion.

The stock prices are recorded in .one of the number key relay groups and the range is stored in one fof the range key relay groups, shown in Figs. 10 and 12. These stored combinations of information are then held in readiness for rtransmission in the proper sequence. The number of impulses sent out is -governed by the particular combinations which are stored and is controlled by the transmission units, Figs. 13 .and 14. Pulses are constantly :available from an impulse machine, and the transmission unit closes the circuit -to ythe line from the pulse machine and, after a sufficient number of pulses have been sent, cults off the pulses from .the line. The operations involved therefore include the storage of the key depressions in each `of several rel-ay groups; the translation of the stock letters into a stock code number :and the storage of this code number; and Ithe .transmission of ypulses the number of which is determined by the [combinations set up in the storage relays.

The mechanism disclosed may be divided into four units, namely, the keyset, the translator, the transmitter, Iand the impulse generator.

CIRCUIT OPERATION The description of circuit operation which follows is given for the LB system only, but, by the substitution of the proper rst letters of the stock abbreviations lthis description is applicable to the RF system.

Operation of the keyset When the operator depresses a key in the keyset, Fig. 2, .a combination `of ground-s is connected to the transmitter as follows:

Key depressions in keyset Connects ground to leads Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 A J S K-l and K-Z B K T K-l and K-3 C L U K-l and K-4 D M V K-2 and K-3 E N W K-2 and K-4 F O X K-3 and K-4 G P Y K-l H Q, Z K-2 I R K-3 Group 4 1 K-2 and K-2 2 K-l and K- 3 K-l and K-4 4 K-2 and K-3 5 K-2 and K-4 6 K-B and K-4 7 K-l 8 K-Z 9 K-3 K-l and K- B1 K-Z and K- N R K- Group 5 LA K-l and K-2 LL K1 and K-3 HL K-l and K-4 LO K-Z and K3 HI K-2 and K-4 OP K-S and K-4 UN K-l YCL K-2 WO K-3 and WO lead Depression of any one of the other keys, SYN, ERR, 2--PF and I-PF, puts a ground on an individual lead to ,the transmitter.

Operation of the letter key relays and the ground control relays When .the transmitter is normal before the operator starts to Write a quotation .the B relay in each of the two first letter key relay groups, Fig. 3, is operated. The first letter key relay group (J-R) I is shown in detail. All of the other letter key relay groups are of identical cons-truction.

The circuit of the B relay in group J-R( I) is as follows: Ground from the break contacts erI on the ER relay in the switching control relay group, Fig. 15, is connected through the break contacts on the LR relay in the switching control relay group to line g and extends in Fig. 3 through the break contact on the S--I relay in the ground control relay group to the ground in line GI (JhR) I of the first letter key relay group and through the break contact of the A relay in the J-R(I) iirst letter key relay group to one terminal of the winding of the B relay to the other terminal of which battery and ground are connected.

The B relay, Fig. 3, in the S-Z(I first letter key relay group is operated from the same ground through the break contact on the `l---I relay in the ground control relay group, over ground in line GUS-ZH and through the break contact on the A relay in the S-Z(I') irst letter key relay group to the winding of the B relay in that group.

Grounds from the keys in the keyset, Fig. 2, are connected through the make contacts of the B relays, Fig..3, in the` first letter key relay groups to the windings of `the storage relaysin the groups to operate them. These grounds do not operatethe relays in the second and third letter key relay groups, Fig, 4, because the B relays in these? groups are not operated. Y l

When one or twogrelays in the first letter key relay group J-R I) operate, a ground which is supplied from the ground ini line GIU-R) I to that group is connected as shown in Fig. 3 over the contacts of the various` relays to one of nine `outgoing leads.

And connects ground to letter lead Figs 3 and 4 Ground on key leads Operates relays While the operator holds down the key in the keyset the A relay in the rst letter key relay group J--R(I) is kep-t unoperated since it has ground onboth" sides of its winding but when the operator releases the key, one of these grounds is removed and the A relay o-perates in series with the storage relay or relays which are operated in that group. If two storage relays are operated, the A relay operates in a series parallel circuit, the A relay being in series with the. two storage relays which are in parallel. The groun-d which operates the .A relay and keeps it and the storage relays locked up is ground in r line GIU-R) I to the relay group.

The operation of the A relay in the first letter key relay group J-R( I) inserts a suitable resistance inthe operating circuit of the B relay of that group, reducing the current through th-e B relay winding below its minimum holding Value, so that the B relay releases.

.B relay in that group. Thus, if the rst letter is recorded in the J-Rii) rst letter key relay group, the operation of the JI relay cuts oi the ground in` to the S-Z() first letter key relay group and viceversa. Ground in remains on the group which is in use and keeps the A relay andA its series relay or relays C to H operated. It `also keeps a ground on the proper outgoing lead from this group.

The operation of the J-I `or the S-I relay in the ground control relaygroup puts ground in to all of the second letter key relay groups A-I(2), J-R(2) and S-Z(2), Fig. 4, and operates the B relays in all of these groups.

The circuit for the A-I(2) second letter key relays, Fig. 4, is as follows: Ground from the break contacts on the ER relay in the switching control relay group, Fig, 15, is connected through the break contacts on the LR. relay in the switching` control group to line g as before, and continuesthrough the make contact on the J--I or S-'I relay in the ground control relay group, Fig. 3, over line II, through the upper break contact I2 on the J-Z relay, and through a break contact I3 on the S-Z relay to the ground in line GI(AI)2 for the AI(2) second letter key relays, Fig. 4.

The circuit for ground inf to the, J-R/(Z) second letter keyrelays, Fig. 4, is similar to that for the A-I(2) second letter key relays except that the ground fromthe make contact of the J-I vor S--I relay in the ground control relay group, Fig. 3, is connected through break contact I4 on the Sv-2 relay and the break contact I5 on the A-2 relay to the ground in line GIU-R) 2 for the J-R( 2,) second letter key relay group, Fig. 4. r

The circuit for the S-Z(2) second letter key relay group Fig. 4 differs from the two previous circuits in that it is connected through break contact I6 `on relay J--2 and `break contact I'I on relay A-,Z in the ground control group, Fig. 3, to the ground in line GUS-VZ) 2 for the S-Z(2) second letter key relay group, Fig. 4.

I'he operation of either the J--I or the S--I relay connects a ground through its make Contact and line.II out of this group to the switching control relay group, Fig. 15, to supply ground in to the tens number key relay groups, Figs. 10 and 12, as will be described later. Therefore, if-the stock abbreviation contains but one letter, the number key relay groups will be prepared to receive the stock price write up.

A key depression of a second letter operates one or two storage relays in one of the second letter key relay groups, Fig. 4. The operation is similar to that of the rst letter key relays, Fig. 3, and when the operator releases the key in the keyset, a ground Vis connected to one of the outgoing letter y leads.

Ground out over lines GO (A-I) 2,GO(JR) 2 or GO(S-Z) 2 of the second letter key relay group, Fig. 4, operates the A-2, J-Il or S-2 relay in the ground control relay group, Fig. 3. If the second letter is recorded in the A-I(2) second letter group, the A-2 relay operates; if it is recorded in the J-R(2) group, the J-2 relay operates; and if it is recorded in the S-'Z(2) group the S-2 relay operates. l

The operation of the A-2, J-Z or S-2 relay removes the ground in from the two second letter key relay groups which were not used to record the secondlette-r, and releases the B relays in those groups. The operation of the A-2, J-2 or S--2 relays also connects ground in GI(A-I) (J-R) ('S-Zl'a to all of the third letter relay 

